ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings, first merkin edition, first p/b edition
cover art by paul lehr (signed, uncredited)
cover price 50¢
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
priority not established nor liable to be, both state first printing june 1964
is it not stated that this is a romanian translation of the fix-up novel, ''telepathist'', q.v. -
rather than of the earlier collection, ''the whole man'' - to which it is currently linked ?
- asked, because - whilst i do not know - it seems highly unlikely that john and marjorie, his agent (& wife), would've licenced a translation of the earlier collection any time after he'd revised the three novellas into the fix-up novel.
new american library signet mmpb simultaneous printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first thus
half a signet double with one front cover, contents the same way up
cover art by paul lehr (signed, heavily cropped, reduced, from ''galactic cluster'' (signet S1719 1959), q.v.)
cover price $3.50 canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
cover price $2.95 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
½ 336pp. (160pp. & 176pp.) (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
refer also to indicia publishing history printing number line to distinguish canadian-carcassed copies which drop the first digit ''1'' leaving
first printing (double science fiction edition), march, 1983/23456789
formally identifying them as the second printing, though not in date of publication
doubled with ''galactic cluster'' james blish (1959), q.v.
new american library signet books mmpb first printings thus
half a signet double with one front cover, contents the same way up
cover art by paul lehr, (signed, cut down and reduced from ''galactic cluster'' (signet S1719 1959), q.v.)
cover price $3.50 canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
cover price $2.95 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
½ 336pp. (160pp & 176pp.) (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
refer also to indicia publishing history printing number line to distinguish canadian-carcassed copies
which drop the first digit ''1'' leaving
first printing (double science fiction edition), march, 1983/23456789
formally identifying them as the second printing, though not in date of publication
pilgrimage to earth (short story) playboy 9/1956; f&sf vol.12 #6, 6/1957, as ''love, incorporated''
all the things you are (ss) galaxy vol.12 #3, 7/1956, galaxy strato bre #42, 9/1956
trap (ss) galaxy vol.11 #4, 2/1956, as by ''finn o'donnevan''
the body (ss) galaxy vol.11 #3, 1/1956, galaxy strato bre #36, 3/1956
early model (ss) galaxy vol.12 #4, 8/1956, with three b+w illustrations by ed emshwiller
disposal service (ss) (? where?) 1955
human man's burden (ss) galaxy vol.12 #5, 9/1956; galaxy strato bre #44, 11/1956
fear in the night (ss) today's woman ?/1952; argosy uk 2/1957
bad medicine (ss) galaxy vol.12 #3, 7/1956 as by ''finn o'donnevan''; galaxy strato bre #42, 9/1956, both with four b+w illustrations by cavat
protection (ss) galaxy vol.11 #6, 4/1956; galaxy strato bre #39, 6/1956
earth, air, fire and water (ss) astounding vol. lv #5, 7/1955
deadhead (ss) galaxy vol.10 #4, 7/1955
the academy (novelette) if vol.3 #6, 8/1954, if strato bre vol.1 #13, 11/1954
milk run (ss) galaxy vol.8 #1, 9/1954; galaxy strato bre #23, 2/1955 (an AAA ace story)
the lifeboat mutiny (ss) galaxy vol.10 #1, 4/1955; with a b+w illustration by sanford kossin (an AAA ace story)
the mountain without a name (short story) (apparently original to this collection)
the accountant (ss) f&sf vol.7 #1, 7/1954
hunting problem (ss) galaxy vol.10 #6, 9/1965; galaxy strato bre #33
a thief in time (novelette) galaxy vol.8 #4, 7/1954
the luckiest man in the world (ss) fantastic universe vol.3 #1, 2/1955 as ''the fortunate man''
hands off (ntte) galaxy vol.8 #1, 4/1954, three b+w illustrations by sanford kossin; galaxy strato bre #18, 9/1954, one b+w illustration by sanford kossin
something for nothing (ss) galaxy vol.8 #3, 6/1954; galaxy strato bre #26, 5/1955
a ticket to tranai (ntte) galaxy vol.11 #1, 10/1955; galaxy strato bre #34, 1/1956
the battle (ss) if vol.4 #1, 9/1954, a b+w illustration by virgil finlay
skulking permit (ntte) galaxy vol.9 #3, 12/1954, with three b+w illustrations by mel hunter
citizen in space (ss) playboy 9/1955; argosy uk 4/1957
ask a foolish question (ss) science fiction stories #1, 6/1953
michael joseph first printing, first uk h/cvr edition, arguably ''first thus''°
novels of tomorrow series - despite not being a novel - edited by clemence dane
reprint collection of nine short stories and a novelette
(° - drops two and adds two short stories)
cover (d-j) art unsigned
cover (d-j) price 12/-
256pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
victor gollancz first printing, first uk h/cvr edition
cover (d-j) art none; typographical design in black and magenta on ''gollancz yellow'' field
cover (d-j) price £8.95
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
wm collins sons group grafton books imprint p/b first printing, third uk p/b printing over-all
retains isbn from the granada publishing panther books p/b edition
cover art by poul webb (unsigned, credited on back cover)
cover price £2.50, $7.95 australia, $8.95 new zealand
192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
(pagination suggests photo off-set from the previous year's victor gollancz h/cvr edition)
month of publication not given, taken from locus
to pay the piper (short story) if vol.6 #2, 2/1956
this earth of hours (ss) f&sf vol.16 #6, 6/1959
common time (ss) science fiction quarterly vol.2 #4, 8/1953; in ''shades of tomorrow'' ed. frederik pohl (1953), q.v.)
beep (novelette) galaxy vol.7 #5-A, 2/1954; galaxy strato bre #16, 7/1954, both with four b+w illustrations by ed emshwiller
beanstalk (novella) in ''future tense'' ed. kendell foster crossen (1952), q.v.; (original) science fiction stories vol.6 #4, 1/1956 as ''giants in the earth'', with b+w illustration by (frank) kelly freas
a work of art (short story) (original) science fiction stories vol.7 #1, 7/1956 as ''art-work''
the science fiction book club first printing, first thus though not first uk h/cvr edition
available to club members only, by mail-order on an opt-out subscription basis, then as an option whilst stock lasted
reprint anthology of four short stories, a novelette and a novella
contents differ from the faber & faber h/cvr uk first edition by dropping a novelette, adding a short story
cover (d-j) art by john griffiths
cover (d-j) price
236pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
contents:
from three issues of science fiction adventures, whose editor was - larry shaw:
the starcombers (novella) edmond hamilton, sfa vol.1 #6, 12/1956, b+w illustration by bowman;
science fiction adventures (uk)° #5, 11/1958, with b+w illustration by ed emshwiller
hunt the space-witch! (nlla) robert silverberg, as by ivar jorgenson, sfa vol.2 #3, 1/1958, a b+w illustration by bowman
the man from the big dark (nlla) john brunner, sfa vol.2 #6, 6/1958 (an interstellar empire story), b+w illustration by ed emshwiller
the world otalmi made (novelette) harry harrison, sfa vol.2 #6, 6/1958, a b+w illustration by martinez
° - the uk edition of science fiction adventures started off as a bre (british reprint edition) re-edited by john carnell, as a companion magazine to new worlds & science fantasy, the two other magazines he edited for nova publications; but when the merkin original closed down, instead of closing the bre, john carnell re-launched it as a british original sf magazine, specialising in publishing short sf novels (including novellas) complete in each issue, with short stories to fill the magazines' pages as required.
lancer books simultaneous second mmpb printings sharing merkin-printed covers
reprint anthology of three novellas and a novelette
cover art (unsigned, uncredited; reduced major detail of cover art by (frank) kelly freas for ''the end of eternity'' 72-107 (lancer ), q.v.)
cover price 75¢
288pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established, nor liable to be, both state only a lancer book • 1968
the card covers' printers seem to've been given inadequate or incorrect instructions - or else to've badly misunderstood lancer books production/art department's directions - and grossly overdone the size of the ''easy eye'' logo, to put it mildly...
which didn't leave much room for the major detail of the re-used freas cover art, which had to be considerably over-reduced in consequence. . .
belmont tower mmpb first printing, re-using the belmont publications typesetting, second mmpb printing over-all
cover art by jack faragasso (unsigned, uncredited detail from the belmont first edition's cover art)
cover price 95¢
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising